Glowstick fire twirling staff.

When my 12 year old asked me to make him a fire staff and teach him to use it (mine being too large for him to use) - My first thought was “This is one of those moments when I should think about my answer”

OK - If we're being honest, it was my second thought - Which was followed shortly by “Wait.. Is letting my son near open flame such a wise idea?”

So, Instead I made him a staff which could mount a glowstick on each end instead of setting it (and most probably the neighbourhood) on fire.

Bonus, I didn't have to spend many dollars on buying a battery operated version AND I now had an excuse to buy glowsticks in bulk! For ‘research purposes!’

It's pretty simple - Print the parts out as they're orientated in the STL files.

You'll need a couple of small screws to hold the mount and socket in place and the cap just screws on and keeps the glowstick in place.

I'm hoping you can figure it out because I don't have any pictures to hand of how it works.

The mount is designed with a 22mm/2.2cm diameter piece of dowl in mind for the staff with the mount piece covering the end of the dowl and keeping everything centered which means you should be able to drill/screw without needing to find the centre first and then completely drilling in the wrong place.

I'm honestly not sure how durable it will be in the long run, but its easy and quick to print replacement parts and simple to refit them.

Happy Twirling!

50% Infil / 0.4 

Designed in Tinkercad.

Printed on a Flashforge Adventurer 5M.